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Boosting gut microbes helps protect mice against Alzheimer’s disease

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Boosting gut microbes helps protect mice against Alzheimer’s disease

A prebiotic supplement that promotes good gut bacteria seems to protect against an Alzheimer’s-like disease in mice and will soon be tested in a clinical trial

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The illnesses caused by a disconnect between brain and mind

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The illnesses caused by a disconnect between brain and mind

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Which covid-19 treatments work and how close are we to getting more?

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Which covid-19 treatments work and how close are we to getting more?

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Sarah Gilbert on how her team is making the Oxford coronavirus vaccine

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Sarah Gilbert on how her team is making the Oxford coronavirus vaccine

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A volunteer in Seattle takes part in a trial for a vaccine developed by Moderna

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Coronavirus vaccine hope rises after a flurry of positive results

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Bill Bryson on the miraculous human body

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Bill Bryson on the miraculous human body

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Megan Rossi, the Gut Health Doctor

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Cinema being disinfected

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Coronavirus: Second wave hits Asia as global cases continue to soar

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How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war

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How a Jewish ghetto beat a typhus epidemic during the second world war

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Viking burial ground

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DNA from Viking people reveals the unexpected history of smallpox

Smallpox DNA found in the bodies of people who lived in the Viking era show that these viruses were different to the one eliminated in the 20th century – and perhaps much less deadly

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Does your blood type influence how susceptible you are to covid-19?

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Hearing restored in rats by modifying ear cells to respond to light

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Research is our best weapon in the fight against covid-19 and obesity

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UK could eliminate the coronavirus but it might do more harm than good

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